Improvement in carriage-body adjusters



1. wuxms, Jr. CARRIAGE-BODY ADJUSTER.

Patented June 12, 1877.

.B 0 T. N W m ATTORNEYS.

MPETERSI PHOTO-UTNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFrcE.

ISAAC wILKINs, JRI, 0E GREEN POINT, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMEN T IN CARRIAGE-BODY ADJUSTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,909. dated J une12, 1877.; application filled May .5, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC WILKINS, J r., ofGreen Point, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventeda new and 1mproved Adjuster for Carriage-Bodies, of which the followingis a specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, in section, of a portion of acarriage-body containing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionon line a: a; in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on liney y,Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts. I

My invention relates to an improvement in carriage-bodies whereby thedoor-frame may be quickly and easily adjusted when the body sags so asto bind the door in the door-frame.

In the drawing, A is the body of a carriage,

B the door-frame, and U the door.

D is the sill or rocker of the body-frame, which extends along thebottom of the doorway, and upward at the sides of the door. To this sillthe door-frame is attached.

E is a curved bar, having at each end lugs a, and at or near the centerthe ear b. This curved bar is placed inside of and parallel to thehorizontal part of the sill, and the lugs a are received by mortises inthe upright portions of the sill.

v The ear b extends into a recessformed in the sill, and a screw, 0,passes through it, that bears against a plate, (1, that is placed in theupper portion of the recess. 1

The screw 0 extends below the carriagebottom, and is provided with asquare head, so that it may be conveniently turned with a wrench. Whenthis screw is turned so as to throw the center of the horizontal portionof the sill upward, its ends being retained by-t-he mortises, the sidesof the door-frame are thrown apart by the spreading of the upper ends ofthe upright portions of the sill.

It is obvious that the details of the construction and application of myimproved adjuster may be varied; for example, the ends of the bar may bepivoted or bolted to the sill instead of being retained by lugs andmortises.

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The bar E, providedwith an adjusting device, in combination with the sill of acarriagebody, substantially as herein shown and described.

IsAAc WLLKINs, JR.

Witnesses:

(J. SEDG-WIOK, ALEX. F. ROBERTS

